Botany
Bikal-boboi is an endemic bamboo with a sprawling and scandent habit. Stems are about 3 cm in diameter, and widely branched. Leaves are linear, about 2 cm long and 2 cm wide, with rounded base. Inflorescences are diffused, with long slender branches. Spikes are somewhat compressed. Fruit is a nutlet in a leathery rind which bears a slender point.

Distribution
In thickets and forests at low altitude.
Reported in Palawan only.

Parts used
Young shoots and rhizomes.

Uses
Edibility
Decoction of rhizomes make a refreshing drink.
Folkloric
Young shoots used to dissipate corneal opacities.

Availability
Wild-crafted.